Memories: Barbra Streisand pitches senators for more heart research

Yes, that was Barbra Streisand lobbying members of Congress for more federal funding to conduct research into women’s heart disease.

Streisand met with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Assistant Senate Democratic leader Dick Durbin, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, among others, on behalf of the center that bears her name at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles.

Ted Johnson, who covers the intersection of politics and entertainment for Variety, tweeted a picture of Streisand and McCain.

McCain’s tweet included video of himself singing some of Streisand’s songs on Saturday Night Live. His line back then about the liberal entertainer: “I’ve been in politics for 20 years. And for over 20 years, I’ve had Barbra Streisand trying to do my job. So I decided to try my hand at her job.”